Dont let the em take the t Privat te Option n away. Health insurance cov verage is s importa ant to YOU U.

nsas families w will have acce ess to afforda able, 1. For the first time, all Arkan quality q health h insurance co overage thank ks to the Priv vate Option. 2. If you already y have health insurance, yo ou can keep it. But if you lose your y job or he ealth insuranc ce, Private Op ption coverag ge will be ther re for f you. 3. You Y likely kno ow people friends, f family y members, c co-workers, an nd fellow f church members who w are unins sured and willl now have access a to affo ordable cover rage through the Private O Option. 4. Insurance cov verage throug gh the Private e Option will improve the lives and a overall he ealth of more e than 200,000 0 Arkansans. The Private Option O will he elp uninsured Arkansans a access the primary and nt have to preventive he ealth care they need. This way, they don depend d on the ER for care e, and they ca an afford their r health care bills. 5. The T Private Option O will hel lp prevent fam milies from pe ersonal ankruptcies a bankruptcies. . More than 62% 6 of debts iin personal ba are medical bills. 6. The T Affordable Care Act (A ACA) and Priv vate Option w will create mo ore than t 6,000 go ood Arkansas s jobs, accord ding to the RA AND Corporat tion. 7. The T Private Option O will pro otect Arkansa as businesses s from financia al penalties othe erwise imposed under the ACA. 8. Rural hospita als are struggl ling to keep th heir doors open because o of the t cost of tre eating those without w insura ance. Coverag ge through th he Private Option for local people will enab ble rural hosp pitals and hea alth care c provider rs to keep pro oviding quality y health care. The Private Option O can br ring more phy ysicians back k to rural Arka ansas to pract tice. 9. WITHOUT W the Private Opt tion, many fam milies will be left out of affordable a op ptions. Familie es of four ear rning less tha an $23,500 or r individuals ea arning less tha an $11,500 w will NOT qualif fy for the new w financial f help p for their insu urance. At the e same time, higher-earnin ng families f would d get financia al help. This s simply isnt fa air.

AR Health H + AR R Jobs Coa alition

Ray Hanley y, Chair | (501 1) 212-8610 Herb Sande erson, Vice-C Chair | (501) 2 217-1639